Speakers included:
- Lulu Al-Sabah, Founding Partner, JAMM-Art
- Alia Al-Senussi, Collector, Curator & Advisor
- Bashar Al-Shroogi, Director, Cuadro Fine Art Gallery (Dubai)
- Maryam Homayoun Eisler, Leading Patron/Collector & Contributing Editor
- John Martin, Co-founder & former fair Director, Art Dubai
- Ahmed Mater, Artist
- Jessica Morgan, Curator, Contemporary Art, Tate Modern
- Anders Petterson, Founder & Managing Director, ArtTactic
- Dr Venetia Porter, Curator, Islamic & Contemporary Middle East, The British Museum
- Janet Rady, Director, Janet Rady Fine Art
- Stephen Stapleton, Director, Edge of Arabia
- Steve Sabella, Artist
- Roxane Zand, Director, Middle East & Gulf Region, Sotheby’s
- Jeffrey Boloten, Co-founder & Managing Director, ArtInsight